Software architecture using fine-grained event-driven reactive components

In this paper, we describe design motivations and experience with a visual language that treats the architecture of a reactive system as a composition of small, asynchronous software components communicating via data-carrying events. This paper traces out the learning curve which ultimately concluded in the design of an event-driven reactive visual language and runtime system that facilitates construction of operating systems and applications completely in the event-driven paradigm. The use of this system for developing distributed applications is discussed. Categories and Subject Descriptors

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: DEBS
• Authors: Paul Tarvydas, Norm Sanford
• Keywords: Asynchronous Software Components, DEBS 2007, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Reactive Visual Language, Visual Language